#53BDDC#53BDDC

#53BDDC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.9% C 0.106 H 220.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#53BDDC
RGB	rgb(83, 189, 220)
HSL	hsl(194, 66%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(194, 62%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(62.3%, 14.1%, 0%, 13.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.82, -21.27, -24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.82, 32.53, 229.16°)
OKLab	oklab(74.86% -0.0811 -0.0685)
OKLCH	oklch(74.86% 0.106 220.2)
XYZ	xyz(34.6779, 43.3979, 74.2453)
Luminance	0.4340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#53BDDC #DC7253

analogous

#53DCB7 #53BDDC #5378DC

triadic

#53BDDC #DC53BD #BDDC53

tetradic

#53BDDC #B753DC #DC7253 #78DC53

square

#53BDDC #B753DC #DC7253 #78DC53

split-complementary

#53BDDC #DC5378 #DCB753

monochromatic

#1F7B96 #29A5C9 #53BDDC #86D1E6 #B9E4F1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#53BDDC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.68

#53BDDC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #53BDDC

9.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##53BDDC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##53BDDC	1.00	2.17	9.68	9.68
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAB8DE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#96AADC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C7C7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #53bddc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(83, 189, 220);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.9% 0.106 220.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#91d1e7',
    500: '#53bddc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #53bddc;
$custom-light: #91d1e7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#53bddc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 83,
    "g": 189,
    "b": 220
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.577,
    "s": 66.184,
    "l": 59.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74857,
    "c": 0.10617,
    "h": 220.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.43401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#53BDDC

secondary

#E0B7AB

accent

#653FE9

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FC

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1416

muted

#7E8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #53BDDC

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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